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Summary: Making a rapier paper plane is a wonderful way to learn the art of paper folding. Construct a rapier paper plane with tips from an origami specialist in this free video on paper art.
Robert Segundo has been an artist since he could hold a pencil. In his 10 years in graphic design, he has worked on advertising projects with costs ranging in millions of dollars. He...read more
"So, today I'm going to teach you how to make variations on paper airplanes. My name is Robert Segundo, and today we're going to be making the rapier. What I got here is a regular sheet of notebook paper, because this is the standard in paper airplanes. Take that, fold it in half, like so. Pop it open. What we're going to do is, we're just going to kind of fold it down. About a little over half an inch down. What we're going to do is, we're going to fold that about six or seven more times, just like that. Just keep folding it down, there we go, that looks pretty good. Now what we're going to do is, we're going to take our corners, fold it in, like so. There we go. Now what we're going to do is just kind of fold it down, like so, and our rapier's going to be kind of an upside down plane, so, we're going to kind of give it a...let's open this back up and kind of give it a little, little twist going on here in the center. Kind of wind foil that bottom real good. You know, just kind of angle set it off, like so. And there we have it. This is more or less your rapier style plane. And, flies pretty good. Play around with it, have fun and enjoy."
eHow Article: How to Make a Rapier Paper Plane
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